ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Facing Page. 

 Archibald Menzies. From the painting by Eddis in the Linnean 



Society, London vii. 



Mrs. Menzies, the wife of Archibald Menzies. From a miniature 



in the possession of C. D. Geddes, Esq., Edinburgh ix. 



Stix House, Aberfeldy, Scotland, the birthplace of Archibald 



Menzies. From a photograph by E. Menzies-Ellis xi. 



Meggernie Castle, the home of the Menzies of Culdares and Stix, 



in Glenlyon, Scotland. From photograph by Sir David 



Menzies xi. 



Castle Menzies, near Aberfeldy, Scotland, where Archibald 



Menzies got his first lessons in botany xii. 



Farewell letter of Archibald Menzies to his mother, March 30th, 



1791. From a photograph by E. Menzies-Ellis xiii. 



Archibald Menzies' farewell message to his brother William, March 



30th, 1 79 1. From a photograph by E. Menzies-Ellis xiii. 



Blanket-making, showing spinning and weaving on Vancouver 



Island. From a painting by Paul Kane 155 



Indian tomb, shovv^ing canoe form of burial. From drawing by 



H. J. Warre 155 



BOTANICAL PLATES ACCOMPANYING APPENDIX. 

 (Collected by Menzies in Alaska, but also found in Northern British Columbia.) 



ChimaphUa Mcnziesii (R.Br.) Spreng. Menzies' Wintergreen. 



From Hooker, Flor. Bor.-Amer., II., PI. 138. 1834 135 



Gcntiana Douglasiana Bongard. Douglas' Gentian. From a draw- 

 ing by Menzies in Hook., Flor. Bor.-Amer., II., PI. 148. 1837 137 



Menziesia ferruginea Smith. From Smith, J. E., Plant. Icon. 



Ined., III., PI. 56. 1791 139 



Menyanthes crista-galli Menzies. From Hook., Bot. Miscell., I., 



PL 24. 1828. (Drawing by Menzies.) 141 



Parnassia fimbriata Konig. From Hook., Bot. Miscell., I., PI. 2;^. 



1828. (Drawing by Menzies.) 143 



Ruhus stellatus Smith. Menzies' Raspberry. From Smith, J. E., 



Plantarum Icon. Ined., III., PI 64. 1791 145 



